Optimum Structural Design Using Bio-Inspired Search Methods: A Survey and Applications

In the last 25 years, bio-inspired search methods (where evolutionary algorithms are included) have been applied to many fields of sciences and engineering, and their development has been linked, especially since their first applications in structural optimum design. An overview of the development of structural optimum design based on bioinspired computational intelligence will be covered in this chapter through a wide compilation of the principal applications and uses of this methodology in the structural engineering field, including singleand multiobjective methods since its inception. Advantages and drawbacks of the approach are enumerated in relation with the structural engineering field. In addition, some structural design optimization test cases are presented and solved using evolutionary algorithms showing their potential in various design problems. Finally, some research trends are outlined where bio-inspired search methods in the optimum structural design field have an important role to play.

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